On 26/06/12 22:07, James Knott wrote:
Basil Chupin wrote:
My personal opinion is that you should always do a clean install - ie, start from zero. Especially now that you are about to install a new 64-bit system.
He was referring to /home, which contains user data. That should always be protected during install, but otherwise left alone. In my main computer, my /home is on a separate drive, mounted in a slide in tray. When I do a fresh install, I remove the drive and then mount it again after the install. I also make back ups of /home, /etc and a couple of other directories.
I know what he meant - and I know what I suggested: always do a clean install, which means zapping the /home directory. Make a backup of your /home directory by all means - I always do, on a regular basis as well - but do not use it for the new installation. I have read enough pleas for help, and posts containing much gnashing of teeth, to conclude that files (config files) in an 'old' /home directory more often than not cause much suffering and pain because the new version of the OS requires new settings. Copy over from the 'old' /home files which you KNOW won't cause problems but that's all. For example, I use xine as a backup TV viewer and it uses a channels.conf file which is also used by vlc (my preferred choice of TV/audio viewer/player) and this is one file I simply copy across without hesitation. Of course, I will now get hundreds of posts telling me that I am absolutely and totally off the planet and that I need mental help for making such a statement. OK, go for it peoples - I's am waiting! :-) BC -- Using openSUSE 12.2 x86_64 KDE 4.8.4 and kernel 3.4.4 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX550Ti 1GB DDR5 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org